Past Progressive tense

žPengertian :

- Situasi / peristiwa yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau.

- Peristiwa / suatu kejadian yang muncul ditengah-tengah kejadian lain yang sedang berlangsung di masa lampau

Rumus :

I/He/She/It + To be (Was) + Verb 1 Ing + Adv/Adj

We/You/They + To be (were) + Verb 1 Ing + Adv/Adj

 

Pengunaan Past Progressive dalam Kalimat Positif

 

 

Example :

Mr. Rasmadi was Reading a newspaper at 06.00 am yesterday

(Rasmadi sedang membaca Koran pkl. 06.00 pagi kemarin)

 

 

 

 Pengunaan Past Progressive dalam Kalimat Negatif

 RUMUS :

He/She/it/I +To Be (Was)+Not+Verb 1-ing+Adverb

They/You/ We +To Be (Were)+Not+Verb 1-ing+Adverb

 

Example :

She was not discussing in the class yesterday

(Dia (laki-laki) tidak sedang berdiskusi di kelas kemarin)

You were not playing volly ball last week

(kamu tidak sedang  bermain bola voli minggu lalu)

 

Pengunaan Past Progressive dalam Kalimat Tanya atau Introgatif

RUMUS

To Be (Was)+S (He/She/it/I)+Verb 1-ing+Adv/Adj

To Be (were)+S (They/you/we)+Verb 1-ing+Adv/Adj

Example :

Was she crying yesterday ?

Answer :

-Yes she was

No she wasn’t